In The News Archive

A bill reintroduced by state Sen. Patricia Bates (R-Laguna Nigel) would make it a felony for a person to tamper with any monitoring device affixed as a condition of parole, community supervision or probation.

Mission Viejo city leaders, Orange County Sheriff’s Department officials, representatives of Rep. Mimi Walters and state Sen. Patricia Bates, and Rabbi Peter Levi, the Anti-Defamation League’s regional director in Orange County, also were in attendance.

State Republicans called the move a political stunt and questioned why outside counsel is needed given the attorney general’s office serves as the state’s legal team and the Legislature has an office of its own legislative lawyers.

San Clemente Times: Triton Football Parades Down Del Mar

Orange County Register: Parade of champions: San Clemente celebrates Triton football’s first CIF State title

December 22, 2016

The last time Brandon Reaves saw this many people going crazy on the sidelines, he was returning a punt a stunning 54 yards for the game-winning touchdown in the CIF high school state Division 1-A football championship in Sacramento.

Orange County Register: Road funding hits Sacramento traffic jam

November 11, 2016

Patricia Bates, a Republican from Laguna Niguel who sits on the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee, says this tax “is the biggest ongoing funding source for the high-speed rail boondoggle, a project that will cost at least $64 billion and will burden future generations of taxpayers.”

State Sen. Pat Bates, R-Laguna Niguel, and other elected officials held the forum to gather input on new legislation that could give cities some regulatory power over the homes, which are now unregulated if they have six or fewer residents.